Friday, January 6, 2017

Man City routs West Ham 5-0 to reach FA Cup 4th round (The Associated Press)

West Ham's Andy Carroll, right, vies for the ball with Manchester City's Yaya Toure during the English FA Cup third round soccer match between West Ham United and Manchester City at the London stadium in London, Friday, Jan. 6, 2017. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Manchester City swept aside West Ham 5-0 to reach the fourth round of the FA Cup on Friday, bringing an upbeat end to a testing week for coach Pep Guardiola. Midfielder Yaya Toure's penalty, Norwegian defender Havard Nordtveit's own goal and a strike from midfielder David Silva made it 3-0 by halftime. Top scorer Sergio Aguero and defender John Stones added goals after the break to give Guardiola the easiest of introductions to world soccer's oldest knockout competition.


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